WOW!!

I cant believe it. I logged on and got right in!! I usually have to wait a good five minutes just to get from Dashboard to new post! In fact I usually get up and fix breakfast while I wait, and wait. Got on so quick, this morning, that I am not sure I remember what I was gonna say!

It is raining! Good glorious soaking rain! We need it so badly! Last night it warmed up as the night wore on, and the winds started blowing pretty good. The lights blinked several times, and I just knew they were going to go out, but they did not. We have so many trees up here, and we are so rural that we just do not bury our power lines. SO when the wind blows, trees and branches hit the lines, and you lose power, or cable or telephone. We are always prepared for a few days of "camping out" in the Living room. Lanterns, Dry wood, kindling, food, water etc. Our community well is powered by electricity so when the power goes out, the gravity takes over and the highest people up the hill lose water. Rarely happens because we have a back up generator at the Well head, but there have been a few times that even that goes out.

the Birds are having a HUGE PARTY at the bird baths. They have been dry and dirty for so long, and now they are full of rain water, so they are bathing, and drinking and singing, and just having fun!! One of the Niger feeders has wrapped around the hummingbird feeders, so we now have siskins trying to get at the bird juice. HA HA!
the robins are back and their feathers are all coming in ready for the breeding season, and the top feathers on some of their heads are standing straight up like little worm-eating punk rockers!!!

the rain is beating against my office window right now, but over towards VEGASBABY's place it looks like it is starting to clear up. We have really needed this rain so much!! Everything is so early this year, that the pollens are all hitting at the same time, and people are getting severe allergies. The crops on the east side of the state are drying up and blowing away. There may not be many Apples and Pears this year. The Asparagus is tiny and tough, and most of our usual veggies are coming from Chile. Not that they are not any good, They are, but everything is going to be so expensive.

the really good news in all of this is the fact that the mountains are getting the much needed snow that they need to create the snow pack that we depend on for our water needs. It is doubtful that this will be enough to cancel the drought, but it is a welcome start. The really BAD news? You all are next!! And if the low keeps spinning the way it is, and that jet stream keeps coming from the North down so far, you will be having cold temps and that means SNOW for you guys!! Im sorry. I really am. I wish we could wring all that moisture out of those clouds before they hit the Rockies, and save you.

Today is the first day of Spring!! And the first day of FALL! whoot, WHOOT! So for us Northern type people, relief from the cold and nasty is on it's way. And for all of you southern type people, (that would be HEMISPHERE WANDA AND BRENDA) Relief from the Hot and Humid is on the way!

Enjoy the change!!! YAY!!!